''Contact'' is a

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by Fantastic Plastic Machine, released roughly six months after '' beautiful.''. Tanaka enlisted the assistance of several musicians for the project, including

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, Kahimi Karie and

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. Tanaka also remixed several tracks on the album himself as well as contributing one new song, "City Lights". The scheduled release date of September 12, 2001, was postponed due of the

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. It was then pushed forward to October 16, 2001.

Track listing

# "City Lights" # "Beautiful Days" aku's Garage Mix# "Whistle Song" unaga'T Experience Mix# "God Save the Mona Lisa" (Performed by Roberto Menescal & Carlos Lyra) # "Paragon2" # "Black Dada" ip Slyme Mix# "Love is Psychedelic" ull Spoken Mix# "I'm Still a Simple Man" (Performed by Hirth Martinez) # "Todos Os Desejos" ing Britt's Scuba Mix# "Subete o Yurashite (On a Chair)" # "Whistle Song" rant Nelson Club Mix# "Beautiful Days" emale Vocal Mix Fantastic Plastic Machine (musician) albums 2001 remix albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub